English Rules, Navi

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Adverbs

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Used for how, when or where an action takes place

Adverbs of manner: often end in -ly eg. The biker rode quickly

Adverbs of Time: eg. The explorer arrived late

Adverbs of place: eg. The explorer looked around

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Pronouns

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Used instead of nouns to make writing easier.

Without pronouns: The reporter wrote a story and the story was so interesting that the reporter was given a promotion.

With pronoun: The reporter wrote a story and it was so interesting than he was given a promotion.

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Conjunctions

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Words that are used to connect words, phrases or sentences.

eg. The doctor went to the accident. The doctor treated the injured.

The doctor went to the accident and treated the injured.

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Prepositions

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Prepositions show the relationship between things. These are usually nouns or pronouns . Prepositions are always followed by a noun or pronoun.

eg. The mirror is on the table.

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Subject and Verb

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The subject is the person or thing doing the action. The verb expresses the action in the sentence.

eg. Sarah stared at the mirror.

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Interjections

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Interjections are used to express strong emotions.

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Subject and Object

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Object: the person or thing to whom the action is done.

eg. People hate crime.

People=Subject

Hate=Verb

Crime=Object

Ask the question; Whom? or What: People hate...what?

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Common and Proper Nouns

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Common nouns: general kinds of people, places or things. eg. sailor, day, ship

Proper Nouns: nouns that need a capital letter.

eg. James Cook, New Zealand

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Concrete and Abstract Nouns

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Concrete Nouns: provide names for people, places and things experienced through our senses. eg. house, tree, clouds, statue

Abstract Nouns: names for feelings, senses and emotions. eg. sorrow, danger, decision

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Collective Nouns

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A name provided for a group of things, places or people.

eg. team, family, bundle

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Compound Verbs

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Verbs that consist of more than one word. To from these, auxiliary verbs are added to the main verb.

In future tense, 'will' is added to the main verb.

eg. They travel=They will travel

Auxiliary verbs are usually forms of the verbs: to be, to have, or to do.

eg. She has visited...

She is staying...

She does like...

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Agreement of Subject and Verb

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If the subject is singular, then the verb must also be singular.

eg.

Singular= The woman counts the votes

Plural=The women count the votes

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Descriptive, Number, Quantity, Demonstrative and Article Adjectives

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Descriptive= describe the quality that things possess eg. The test had difficult questions

Number/Quantity=how much or how many

eg. There were eight questions on the maths test

eg. The were many questions on the test.

Demonstrative=words that point out particular nouns

eg. This question was the hardest.

Articles=the (definite article) and an/a (indefinite)

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Personal Pronouns

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Used to replace nouns. It may differ depending on its purpose or if it is singular or plural.

Subjective: if the pronoun is performing the action. eg. I, you, he, she, it (singular); we, you, they (plural)

Objective: if the pronoun is having the action performed on it: me, you, him, her, it (singular); us, you, them (plural)

Possessive: if the pronoun owns something: mine, yours, his, hers, its (singular) theirs, yours, ours (plural)